Luxa burst out laughing. "Gregor the Overlander, think you my beauty is of any matter in such times?"

"You will begin a new fashion," Henry said chearfully. He grabbed one of the small stone torches off the wall and laid it on top of his head. Flames seemed to be shooting out of his forehead. "What think you, Luxa?" he asled, showing her his profile with exaggerated haughtiness.

"Your hair is alight!" she suddenly gasped and pointed. Henry dropped the torch and beat at his hair as Luxa went into hysterics.

The mighty warrior excused himself and changed a diaper.

"Oh, yeah. You guys should open a theme park. You'll have a line stretched from here to the surface," said Gregor.

"Courage only counts when you can count."

"So, isn't it time I had a sword?"

There was a moment of silence, then all the Underlanders burst out laughing.

"Well, I prefer to think of myself as a legend, but I suppose 'guide' will do," said a deep world weary voice from the dark.

Ripred. (This is where the book gets good.)

"Yes, stay you or I shall be forced to move, and that always puts me in an ill humor," he said languidly.

Ripred again.

"Take care, lad, or you shall end up like me, stripped of any respectable rank and warming your shabby old hide at the fire of your enemies."

Ripred once more. Ripred's quotes tend to be sarcastic an humorous. Though not normally polite.

"Yes, I'm a mouse. Squeak, squeak. Now shoo-shoo back to your little bug friends," said Rirped, picking up a hunk of dried beef. He tore a off a piece with his teeth and noticed Boots hadn't moved. He pulled back his lips to reveal a row of jagged teeth and gave her a sharp hiss.

"Perhaps you do. But having witnessed your last attack, I doubt it," said Ripred, starting on a wedge of cheese.

Fangor and Shed were excellent fighters, on the rare occasions they were sober," said Ripred.

Note: No further clarification on alcohol or intoxicants in the Underland was given. We will forever wonder if rats secretly have bars.

"Yeah, well, I'm the warrior and Boots is a princess. And you two are going to get pretty hungry if you're waiting for me to serve you," said Gregor.

"Most rats read. Our frustration is, we cannot hold a pen to write."

Ripred. Many people are curious as to exactly what rats would write. Especially one like Ripred.

"Mutual need is a strong bond. Stronger than hate, stronger than love."